A British Columbia Supreme Court judge says a class-action lawsuit can move forward over alleged privacy breaches against a company that made an app to track users' menstrual and fertility cycles.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/12947530

VANCOUVER - A British Columbia Supreme Court judge says a class-action lawsuit can move forward over alleged privacy breaches against a company that made an app to track users’ menstrual and fertility cycles. The ruling published online Friday says the action against Flo Health Inc. alleges the company shared users’ highly personal health information with third-parties, including Facebook, Google and other companies.

  • vlad@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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    4 months ago

    Guy, you remember how we were being told to never use your real name on the Internet back in the early days? We need to stop using an app for everything

      • takeda@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        4 months ago

        I mean I won’t argue that paper isn’t safest in terms of privacy, because I would be wrong, but the app is open source and doesn’t store data outside of the phone so it should be the second safest way.

        Though, I’m upset about Maya (I think initially it was called cycles or something like that) how it started similarly (although it wasn’t open source) and transformed into a piece of shit.

  • Sho@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    4 months ago

    Periodical is great menstrual cycle tracker.

    It’s opensource and available on F-droid, plus the calendar can be backed up to SD or wherever and imported back into app.